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I know that Yiddish is discouraged by the regime there, but you might be interested in one of D's new entries: A87720933 the convo thread for it: http://h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/brunel/F48874?thread=8284947


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Lady Pennywhistle - Back with a vengeance! [for a certain, limited value of Vengeance; actual amounts of Vengeance may vary]

Hey, first of all - smiley - ta
That looks interesting, I'll definitely give it a read.

As for >>Yiddish is discouraged by the regime there<<, however, I don't think that's true. Might have been true a few decades ago, when they were trying to push away everything 'diaspora' and create one big meltingpotty Hebrew culture, but things have calmed down a lot, since. And nowadays there are (relatively) many young people learning Yiddish, and being interested in their roots - or even not their own roots (some of these people are Sephardim, and just interested in Yiddish culture) - and going back to all the old diasporic(? I don't think that's a word, but you know what I mean) stuff. The Yiddishpiel theatre, for example, has been going strong for years now: http://www.yiddishpiel.co.il/index.php?page_id=2 - or actually, you can check out their site in Yiddish, too! smiley - biggrinhttp://www.yiddishpiel.co.il/index.php?page_id=4
We even have at home a cooking book that only came out recently, called Schmaltz, which is all about those Jewish Eastern European foods and the stories that go along with them. Haven't cooked anything from it yet, but it's a very fun read. smiley - smiley
(I just googled to see if there's anything in English about it, and looks like the most popular result is for [mentions of] this recipe: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/dining/16purimrex1.html ...Yum.)


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